INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon 1 article published in JoVE Biology AFM-based Mapping of the Elastic Properties of Cell Walls: at Tissue, Cellular, and Subcellular Resolutions Alexis Peaucelle1,2 1Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UFR de Physique, Université Paris Diderot, 2Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon We describe a method to map mechanical properties of plant tissues using an atomic force microscope (AFM). We focus on how to record mechanical changes that take place in cell walls during plant development at wide-field mesoscale, enabling these changes to be correlated with growth and morphogenesis.
